Chapter 34: Killing at the Door

"Xu Yang!? You're Xu Yang!" The Golden Core elder finally recognized the familiar face.

This was indeed Xu Yang from the wanted poster, exactly as depicted!

"You..." The Golden Core elder stared at Xu Yang in horror. Didn't Deng Xuan, who came from headquarters, go to Tianlan Sect?

Deng Xuan went to Tianlan Sect and never returned, yet Xu Yang was here. Didn't that mean Deng Xuan had been killed?

But Deng Xuan was a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Could it be that even a true Nascent Soul cultivator was no match for Xu Yang?

The Golden Core elder abruptly backed away, desperate to escape.

"Run? Can you escape?" Xu Yang said calmly, his large hand suddenly reaching towards the Golden Core elder.

*Boom...*

A powerful suction force emanated from Xu Yang's hand, creating ripples and shockwaves in the surrounding air.

With a *thump*, a Golden Core burst through the elder's flesh and was caught by Xu Yang.

Xu Yang placed this Golden Core into an alchemy furnace.

The cloud beasts, which loved Golden Cores, were still at Tianlan Sect, so he would save this for them.

*Bang!*

The private room exploded, engulfed by a blinding red fireball, turning to ash.

Xu Yang slowly walked out of the room, still holding the lifeless elder.

Everyone saw that the person was none other than the Golden Core elder who had just entered the private room.

He had gone in standing upright a minute ago, and came out lying down a minute later?

"I am Xu Yang. I hear the Spirit Treasure Association wants to kill me?"

Everyone stood up and looked at Xu Yang. Some opened the bounty orders in their hands; indeed, he looked exactly like the person on the wanted poster.

The next second, they threw their bounty orders away as if they were death warrants.

Well, wasn't this something? The Spirit Treasure Auction House had just issued a bounty, and Xu Yang had already shattered their venue.

What was going on? Instantly, expressions of anticipation for a good show appeared on everyone's faces.

The Spirit Treasure Auction House hadn't encountered such a situation in years.

This time, they were actually challenged at their doorstep!

Of course, many also thought Xu Yang was foolish!

"This is just a branch of the Spirit Treasure Association, with less than one percent of the main association's power."

"Even if this branch can't deal with Xu Yang, there's still the main association above it."

"If Xu Yang truly alarms the main Spirit Treasure Auction House, I'm afraid the entire Tianlan Sect will be wiped out."

Some cultivators shook their heads and whispered.

"Are you Xu Yang, the one who killed my brother?"

Just then, a faint voice came from the private room that had bid twenty thousand earlier.

Then, the private room door opened, and a person slowly stepped out. He wore a faint ink-colored robe. A purple-gold crown adorned his head, and his raven-black hair flowed freely over his shoulders.

His pale cheeks held a faint smile, a seemingly gentle smile that nonetheless added a hint of malevolence to his face.

"It's him! Zhao Bai, the genius elder's disciple from Demonic Cloud Sect!" Suddenly, someone recognized him and cried out in surprise.

"What, Zhao Bai, who went to Qizhou a few years ago and joined the Heavenly Demonic Sect?!"

"The show is on! Did you see that bounty order? Xu Yang killed Zhao Bai's brother, Zhao Long. Now Zhao Bai is here to avenge his brother."

"It's said that Zhao Bai's cultivation had already reached the Nascent Soul stage years ago. After this recent seclusion, who knows what his cultivation level is now."

Zhao Bai, escorted by three Nascent Soul cultivators, walked up to Xu Yang, his gaze sweeping over him.

"Did you kill my brother, Zhao Long?" A massive oppressive aura bore down on Xu Yang.

Even the onlookers nearby were involuntarily frozen by the inadvertently leaked pressure.

Xu Yang looked up at the three individuals before him, instantly discerning their cultivation levels.

Zhao Bai was a cultivator at the third layer of the Nascent Soul stage, while the other two elders were at the fourth layer of the Nascent Soul stage.

Such power, in a small place like Qizhou, could completely dominate it.

However, for Xu Yang, whether they were Golden Core third layer or Nascent Soul fourth layer made little difference.

It was just a matter of a single finger.

"Zhao Long, you say? Yes, I did kill him. What do you intend to do?" Xu Yang asked with a smile.

Zhao Bai slowly approached Xu Yang, a smile still on his fair cheeks, but his slanting phoenix eyes gleamed with chilling intent.

"What do I intend to do? I intend to kill you!" Zhao Bai said. He suddenly noticed that Xu Yang's cultivation was still at the Qi Condensation stage, and a stronger surge of anger rose within him. "Are you sure you don't want to reveal your full cultivation? Are you still trying to hide it?"

Xu Yang's current cultivation was still at the Qi Condensation stage, and Zhao Bai felt the indignation of being scorned.

Who would be foolish enough to believe Xu Yang was a Qi Condensation cultivator now? Xu Yang was still pretending.

"Full cultivation? My full cultivation *is* Qi Condensation," Xu Yang said innocently.

He had never pretended; his cultivation was indeed at the Qi Condensation stage.

It was just at the ten thousandth layer of Qi Condensation.

"Fine, is that so? Then today, I'll see how far you can pretend."

Zhao Bai wore a playful smile. Just as he waved his hand, about to make a move, a hearty laugh suddenly echoed.

"Xu Yang, you didn't take the path to heaven, but you barged through the gates of hell! Today, you shall remain here!"

Everyone looked up and saw a figure swiftly pass by, landing on the ground with a thud.

Only then did people clearly see that this person was the head of the Spirit Treasure Auction House branch.

"Heavens, it's Zhang Shuangtian!" People exclaimed in surprise upon seeing the newcomer.

"Now there's a good..."

"Four old Nascent Soul monsters have arrived. Xu Yang will die without regret."

Xu Yang looked at the newcomer and suddenly displayed a brilliant smile, saying, "You must be the head of the Spirit Treasure Auction House."

A cold glint flashed in the newcomer's eyes, and he said through gritted teeth, "Hmph, my Spirit Treasure Association issued a bounty, and you still dared to come here. Your courage is commendable, but foolish."

"If I were you, having come out of seclusion, I would have kept a low profile and slowly expanded the Tianlan Sect. But instead, you chose to flaunt yourself and make an enemy of my Spirit Treasure Auction House. Truly foolish!"

"Once you're dead, Tianlan Sect will be annihilated immediately!"

Xu Yang looked at the four Nascent Soul cultivators around him and smiled, a bright and pure smile.

"Why do you always think you can kill me?" As Xu Yang's voice fell, with a loud *boom*, streams of spiritual energy surged towards the four Nascent Soul cultivators like a sweeping tide.

Xu Yang's spiritual energy, at first glance, appeared so weak, as if it truly belonged to a Qi Condensation cultivator.

But in the next second, an immeasurable amount of spiritual energy burst forth from Xu Yang.

When the quantity is sufficiently vast, it produces a qualitative change.

The expressions of the four Nascent Soul cultivators changed. "Too strong!"